Madhavankutty Pillai
The world will at some point have to do a cost-benefit analysis of its response to the pandemic
The death of the internal combustion engine that rose to dominance with Ford’s Model T doesn’t seem far away
The use of non-economic factors to explain India’s economic troubles does not square with the facts
Every economic cycle sows the seeds of its own demise, so the present one, too, shall pass
Economics has for long refused to look at human beings as more than calculating machines. No longer
How do we broaden the tax net? How do we jump-start strategic disinvestment? How do we rationalise existing welfare programmes to accommodate cash transfers?